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No. 393,664. Patentad Nov. 27, 1888.

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JAMES M. ROSE, OF SYRACUSE, NElV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,664, dated November 27, 1888.

- Application tiled June 28, 1888. Serial No. 278,468. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that -I, JAMES M. Rose, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Books; and [do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and usefnl improvements in books, the same being especially adapted for record or blank books, and relates to the means of attaching the sheets which make up the leaves and pages to the backing, so that the leaves can be attached to said backing, so that when the book is opened the leaves or pages will lie flat; and my invention consistsin making the leaves from a single sheet of paper of proper size and attaching them at the fold to a strip of fabric which is attached to the backing to provide a simple and effective hinge-joint, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Prior to myinvention leaves of record-books have been made of two layers or sheets of pa per united to an intermediate sheet of fabric, and said projecting pieces of fabric stitched together to form the back, such being practiced in the manufacture of books especially adapted for children and for record-books, in which the leaves are liable to become torn. Single leaves have also been attached to gum med strips of paper or fabric, which strips were united centrally to form a folio or signature.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of a book with the cover removed. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the parts slightly separated. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the parts together, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modification.

A. refers to the sheets which make up the leaves and pages, these sheets being twice the size of the leaves and folded as shown at a. At and near the fold, to one side of one of the leaves B is attached, by glue or mueilage or suitable adhesive material, a textile strip, 0, of muslin or other light fabric. These strips of fabric 0 are attached by adhesive material to the backing-strips D, which are made up of heavier textile fabric. Between the backingstrips D and the leaves is left a space or single thickness of the strips 0, which forms a hingejoint.

It will be observed that each one of the sheets A forms two leaves or four pages, and that they are connected independently by separate strips of fabric 0 to the separate backing-strips 'D.

In the manufacture of books in accordance with my invention, the strips of fabric D, forming the backing, will be practically about the same thickness as the combined thickness of two of the leaves formed by sheet A, so as not to give an undue thickness at the back of the book. The backingstrips D, after a sufficient number of sheets have been attached thereto, as hereinbefore described, are pressed together and united by short tapes E, which pass through the backing-strips D and through the strips 0, which form the hingejoints and connect the leaves thereto. After the backingstrips are united the unconiplete book is ready to be bound, which is done in the usual manner.

If desirable, the backingstrips D, instead of being made of textile material, may be made of tough paper.

In Fig. 4. of the accompanying drawings I have shown a modification of my improvement, which consists in either extending the muslin strips 0 and adding thereto strips D to provide a double hingejoint between the leaves and the backing-strips D. This form of construction is preferred for large accountbooks.

I claim- 1. A book composed of sheets each folded centrally to form the leaves, a strip of textile fabric, 0, secured to the sheet adjacent to its fold, said fabric strips being also secured to the backingstrips D, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a book, the sheets folded centrally, to each form two leaves, and a strip of fabric attached to the inner edge of one of the leaves and connected to the backing to provide a hingejoint between the back i ligand fold in the leaves, substantially as showmand for the purpose set forth.

3. A book the leaves whereof are made up 5 of a single sheet folded centrally upon itself to form two leaves,baeking-strips D,ofsubstantially thesame thickness as the combined thickness ofthe leaves, and strips offabric attached to the leaves and to the backing, substantially as [0 set forth.

4. As an improved article of manufacture, a book made up of a series of leaves formed from centrally-folded single sheets, each sheet adjacent to the fold having attached thereto by an adhesive substance strips of textile fabrie, as G, and backing-strips D, also attached by adhesive substance to the strips 0, so that a hinge-joint will be provided between the backing-strips and folds in the sheets A, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. ROSE. Witnesses:

A. F. LEWIS, W. E. GAYLORD: 

